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365:, London, to inquire into allegations that nine guards and two officers had ill-treated prisoners at Whittington. The court martial took ten months to reach its conclusion and grew to include Kilian and Lobuono. Sergeant Judson Smith was sentenced to three years
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1027:"The Staffordshire Regiment Museum"
941:Herowitz, Irvin M. (21 June 1946).
599:"Quartermaster's Stores (1516329)"
563:Defence Infrastructure Organisation
506:, Surrey, to Whittington Barracks.
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738:. 9 September 1946. Archived from
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969:Grimes, Paul M. (7 May 1947).
918:. 24 June 1946. Archived from
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853:. 27 August 1946. p. 16.
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405:in 1963 and the depot of the
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392:Staffordshire Regiment Museum
351:cruel and unusual punishments
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72:Location within Staffordshire
1074:"End of an era for Barracks"
979:. Vol. 64, no. 124
842:"Convict Major Of Cruelties"
307:North Staffordshire Regiment
291:South Staffordshire Regiment
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28:Whittington, Staffordshire
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1289:"Regimental Headquarters"
873:. 26 June 1946. p. 3
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794:. 4 June 1946. p. 10
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769:Oxford University Press
538:Defence Medical Academy
343:Highland Park, Illinois
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